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This is my second read through. The first in the 80s and now 35 years later. My impression is very different today than 35 yrs ago. The basic similarities to Stephen King's The Stand cannot be over stated. However my main complaint is Maccammons extreme overuse of the word 'snapped'. Sometimes 3 times on one page! Drives me crazy. Fingers, turtles and rice krispies snap. That's it. Still an enjoyable epic post apoplectic story with a lot of heart. I bought the paperback and the cover and back totally fell apart. It's OK tho bc I bought it for the story.
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At almost 1000 pages, reading Swan Song can seem daunting. But it's totally worth it! Once you start, it's hard to put down! Compelling throughout, with a satisfying conclusion. I only wish Mr. Mccammon would write a follow-up novel and let his readers know how Swan and the world fares in later years... One of my all time favorite books!
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I have read this book 4 times and am now reading it for the 5th. Every time I read it, it justs gets better. McCammon is amazing at character description and sucking you into the story. The first time I read it, I read it in under 2 days. (And it's nearly 1000 pages.) I've read many books in all different category's, and nothing has come even close to this one. I'm so in love w/ this that I just bought my b-friend a copy so he will read it. This book is about the world being decimated by world war 3. There's death and despair everywhere. All the major cities destroyed. There are 2 major waring factions that want control and then the people who are just trying to survive. This is a sci-fi as well as action/adventure. The "Satan" character is after the only entity that can foil all his plans. A little girl named Swan. (semi-spoiler alert) She has the ability to restore plant life in a world that has little to none. Basically, she's mother nature as a child. A man named Josh is her "chosen" protector and has to keep her alive all the while dodging Satan, battling through a K-mart type store filled w/ escaped mental patients, and just finding her food, keeping her warm, ect. ect. Each character McCammon introduces is amazing. The good and the bad. (warning- there are plenty of bad words and sexual situations, so you wouldnt want young ones reading this.) Its silly, but I was reading an intense part today, and even though I've already read this 4 times and know what happens next, I still hope that they can get out of it, that things will be different this time. Of course it doesn't change, but I just wanted you to know how wonderful a writer McCammon is. I have waited for this to become a movie for so many years, but maybe it's best that it's not. It would probably be an insult to the book as most books to movies are. Unless of course J.J. Abrams made it. =)Read full review
I have read many books but this is the VERY BEST book I have ever read..I hated for it to end...and have recommended it to everyone I talk to about books..I enjoyed this book so much that I bought every book written by Robert McCammon just to get the feeling again of his writing style..but no other book or author has compared to Swan Song..It does start a little slow but after the first chapter, it is hard to put the book down..when I did have to stop reading, I couldn't wait to start reading again and thinking about it..I hated for it to end so much that after the last chapter, I started reading it over again & picked up on a few things that I missed the first time...Its the best !!! I wish there would be a follow-up novel..
This book is thick, but do not be discouraged by it. You will start reading it and read it in every spare moment you have until the last page is done. Then, you will wish for 1,000 more pages! This is a story of how people unite through a holocoust. When the world ends, almost, a special girl from an abusive background lives through a nuclear war by hiding out in an underground shelter. She has special abilities and talents that eventually saves the world and cleanses it of evil and purifies it with her pure goodness. My favorite references are made when the keloids fall off people's faces and their true identities are revealed on the outside - if they are evil, they are ugly. If they are pure, they are beautiful. I have read many books, and this is my All-Time-Favorite (this is coming from a die-hard Stephen King fan). Read it! Then, read it again every 2 years. Convince somebody, somewhere to make it into a movie if you happen to know how to do that.Read full review